Evolution of Toyman (Schott) In Tv Shows & Movies (2022)

Television
Challenge of the Super Friends
The Jack Nimball Toyman was a prominent member of the Legion of Doom in the Challenge of the Super Friends.

The Adventures of Superboy
While not called Toyman, the character of Nick Knack (played by Gilbert Gottfried) is clearly based on the Winslow Schott/Toyman character. Nick Knack appeared in two episodes of the syndicated show's second season: "Nick Knack" and "Secrets of Superboy." The character is portrayed as a juvenile, immature thief obsessed with toys and uses them in his criminal schemes. In his first appearance, Nick Knack escapes from prison vowing revenge on Superboy for capturing him. He escapes and lures Superboy to his lair where Nick Knack drains Superboy's powers to use in a "super suit" Nick Knack plans to use to rob the gold depository. Superboy escapes and stop the Nick Knack, draining the suit energy back into him.

His second appearance is simply a clip show where Nick Knack send anonymous presents to Clark Kent, Lana Lang, and Andy MacAlister in the form of Gameboys laced with post-hypnotic suggestions. Lana and Andy are brainwashed into entering Nick Knack's lair where they are strapped to a mind-reading machine and questioned by Nick Knack about Superboy's weaknesses. Nick Knack views Lana and Andy's memories on a television screen (in the form of clips from second season episodes). Clark/Superboy soon discovers the hypnotic messages in his own Gameboy and flies to the rescue and apprehending Nick Knack once more.

DC Animated Universe
Ever-Smiling Mask
Ever-Smiling Mask
A vastly different version of Toyman appears in the DCAU, starting in Superman the Animated Series and later in Static Shock. This version was Winslow Schott Jr. His father was a toymaker who wanted to build a factory, but lack of funds prevented this. When Bruno Mannheim backrolled the factory, he used it as a front for a numbers racket. When the police busted the racket, Schott Sr. was sent to prison despite not knowing about it and died in prison. Schott Jr. spent the rest of his adolescent life going from one foster home to the next. By the time he reached adulthood, he dedicated his life to revenge against Manneheim and perfecting his artificial companion Darcy.

He appears prominently in the Justice League episodes "Hereafter" and "Alive!". In the former, he builds a deadly ray weapon that sends Superman into the future, though Superman's friends believe him vaporized. In the latter, he is the pilot of the Secret Society's space ship. When the villains split into two opposing factions, he takes out Killer Frost with a lethal yo-yo. Later, when fighting Parademons, he uses exploding Nerf darts against them.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
A character in Brave and the Bold, Fun Haus, appears based on the Toyman. His modus operandi includes lethal toys and his appearance echoes the Jack Nimball Toyman. He first appears in the episode "Invasion of the Secret Santas!", in which he plans to rob a bank on Christmas. In the end, he is stopped by Batman and the Red Tornado.

Notably, this character has an exploding doll resembling Baby Doll from Batman: The Animated Series.

Smallville
Smallvilles Toyman
Smallvilles Toyman
Winslow Schott (played by Chris Gauthier) was a Queen Industry's employee known for his childishness and habit of bringing toys to work with him. Soon after he began placing small explosives in his playthings he was fired. He was thereafter contracted by a severely injured Lex Luthor to use his deadly toys to serve as an assassin in the season 8 episode "Requiem". Schott, who the media dubbed the Toyman, was stopped but escaped custody. He came back for revenge in season 9's "Echo" where he tried to kill Oliver Queen again. This time he was incarcerated, but as seen in season 9's "Prophecy" was still able to enact a scheme to buy out Metropolis's water rights but assembled his own "Legion of Doom". This team appeared to be composed of such foes as the Black Manta, Captain Cold and the Dark Archer. Schott had also developed a type of mind control device that resembled Starro's mini starfish, but would attach behind his victim's ear. At the end of the episode, Schott is still locked up in prison, but his ties to the outside world seemed to have been severed by Clark Kent.

Supergirl
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In the CBS/CW television series Supergirl, Toyman's son is Winslow "Winn" Schott Jr. He is played by Jeremy Jordan, and appears as both Supergirl's best friend and an IT guy/all-around tech genius at CatCo. His greatest fear is that he might one day fall down the dark path of his father.

Winn's father, the actual Toyman, is played by Henry Czerny, and appears in the episode "Childish Things". After escaping from prison he attempts to rekindle his relationship with his son. He believes that all of his heinous crimes have been for he and his son's benefit, but Winn wants nothing to do with his father.